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University College London

Hurstfield Papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ADD 271

Held at: University College London

Title: Hurstfield Papers

Date(s): 1953-1977

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 15 boxes

Name of creator(s): Hurstfield | Joel | 1911-1980 | Professor of History

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Joel Hurstfield obtained his BA at University College London. He went on to become Assistant Lecturer and then Lecturer at University College Southampton from 1937 to 1940. He was Assistant Commissioner of the National Savings Committee in 1940; and in 1942 he became Official Historian in the Offices of the War Cabinet. In 1946 he was appointed Lecturer at Queen Mary College London. In 1951 he returned to University College London and was appointed Reader in Modern History in 1953, Professor of Modern History in 1959, Astor Professor of English History from 1962 to 1979; he was also a made a fellow in 1963. He published many writings, many of which were about Elizabethan England. Hurstfield died in November 1980.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Files containing working papers of published works, lectures, broadcasts and book reviews, including manuscript drafts, notes, correspondence, typescript drafts and final copies.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Conditions governing access:

Open subject to usual access conditions.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

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A more detailed hard copy list is available. Please contact Special Collections for further information.

Detailed catalogue

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Presented in 1979 and 1980.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: 1999


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Book reviews | Literary criticism | Literature
Modern history | Historical periods
Programme content | Broadcasting programmes | Broadcasting
History

Personal names
Hurstfield | Joel | 1911-1980 | historian

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